2/24/2023 0 Comments Banksy shred video![]() ![]() “The urge to destroy is also a creative urge,” is a quote by the artist Mikhail Bakunin, but in an Instagram video shared by Banksy along with the video, the artist misattributes it to Picasso. “This is now part of Art History in its shredded state and we’d estimate Banksy has added at a minimum 50 percent to it’s value, possibly as high as being worth £2m+.” Banksy soon addressed the affair, posting an Instagram video of him installing a shredder into the frame of the work in 2006 with the caption The urge to destroy is also a creative urge. ![]() “Given the media attention this stunt has received, the lucky buyer would see a great return on the £1.02M they paid last night,” Joey Syer of told the media Saturday. New Delhi, Oct 18 (ANI): One of Banksy paintings was shredded just few seconds after it was sold in an auction in London. One art world observer says the work’s value would likely increase, despite it being sliced up. The auction price was the highest-ever for a Bansky work.ĭespite the shredded work, Sotheby’s told the press on Friday they were in conversation with the winning bidder about what to do next. Banksy has posted a video to his website in which he implies the shredding of his million-pound artwork Girl with Balloon at a Sotheby’s auction in London was supposed to have been complete. A version of the work was auctioned off in 2007 as well, and it’s one of the artist’s most recognizable works and was repurposed to support the Syrian people caught in the middle of a civil war in 2014. “Balloon Girl” originally appeared in 2002 as a graffiti work in the United Kingdom. It shows hands and a hooded figure (Banksy is fond of. ![]() The nearly three-minute long video is titled Shred the Love, the Director’s cut. “It appears we just got Banksy-ed,” Sotheby’s senior director Alex Branczik said in a statement that described the incident as “the first time in auction history that a work of art automatically shredded itself after coming under the hammer.” Entitled Shred the Love the Directors half cut, the video depicts the creation and construction of the very frame that shredded the famous work. A complete shredding of the same design is then shown. The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported. It wasn’t immediately clear if the half-shred was intentional or a malfunction. Banksy piece shreds itself after being bought for £1 million. See also: Did a Bunch of Math Nerds Find Out Banksy’s Real Identity? (2016)Īs the video shows, the shredder only appears to cut half of the painting into ribbons, leaving the little red heart balloon intact. The museum wanted to prevent the rest of the artwork being destroyed. The artwork was ripped to shreds moments after it went under the hammer for more than a million at Sothebys auction in London. The video shows dozens of blades being placed inside the frame. Banksy then uploaded a video suggesting the entire canvas was supposed to shred- not just two thirds of it. ![]()
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